by Phil | Jun 2, 2014 | News
We are just putting the finishing touches to our first Design Your Own Garden Course. This six session course, plus an extra session for finalising ideas, will give you the basic skills, knowledge and ideas to design or alter your own garden, and will run on Tuesdays... 
by Phil | Jun 2, 2014 | Events, Herbs
Herbs can be used for many purposes, culinary, medicinal and scent. On our ‘Herb Day’ course, we will show you the best herbs to have, where to grow them and how to cultivate and use them – refreshments and lunch included, and remember that this... 
by Phil | May 28, 2014 | Events
Fieldcrest Garden will be open for charity on Tuesday June 3rd, from 1-4pm. All proceeds will be for Hazels Footprint’s Trust. Entrance is free, but a suggested contribution of £3.50 would be welcome to support this very worthy charity, and tea / coffee and cake... by Phil | May 24, 2014 | Recipes, Salads
The ‘woody’box holds some red and green salad bowl lettuces, plus some oregano. These lettuces are called ‘cut and come again’ (CCA) varieties. The lettuce can be cut down to a few inches from the base and then wait for it to regrow, or individual leaves from the... 
by Phil | May 19, 2014 | Birds, Salads, This Week in the Garden
The 4 baby great tits are still growing and have feathers and their eyes are open. They are also very noisy! I still fear for one of the babies as the other three literally sit on top of it and prevent it eating. The mother bird was not in the next last night – I am...